A Ghanaian journalist Akosua Addai Amoo asked Asisat Oshoala about the importance of proper preparation and this was her reply.

"Of course, it’s very important. It’s one of the things that actually affected us in this tournament. You could see a lot of countries that we could beat normally, like South Africa, I don’t think that they have a team that can actually stand the Super Falcons if we actually prepared very well, if we played series of games before the tournament.

But, I mean, with bad preparation, I mean, we were still able to retain the trophy. It just shows the team spirit, the hunger from the girls and how much the team wanted to succeed, even without (proper preparation)."